Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-05
DAILY HERALD.
A. w. MCQUEEN.
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ing him with, on the 5th of June at
National City, receiving goods and
money taken by robbery, was set for
hearing before U, s. Commissioner
Van Dyke yesterday afternoon, tut
was only partially heard owing to the
occupancy of the Commissioners time
by other matters. The only witness
on behalf of the prosecution was
James Duffy, who testified to an
alleged conversation between himself
and Mr.. Mcqueen at National City.
Witness stated that about month
ago Mr.. Mcqueen told him that he
was detective hunting the Arizona
train robbers and that he knew two of
the men, who were in National City,
but would not say who they were.
This was the substance of the testimo-
ny introduced at this time by the pros
ecution by whose consent the following
were allowed to testify as to the good
character of Mcqueen; Thomas Mar
tin, Horace Appel and II. ID. Under
wood. These witnesses were in the
courtroom and had not been sum-
moned, but were known to have been
cognizant Of Mr.. McQueen's standing
in Arizona. The hearing was con-
tinued until 10 o'clock this morning.
A representative of the HERALD,
Notwithstanding the closeness with
which Mr.. Mcqueen has been guard
ed by the orders of United States Mar
shal Risley, took advantage of
the occasion yesterday to interview
Mr.. Mcqueen, and found that he was
q much misrepresented person. Mr..
Mcqueen took exception to the follow
ing incorrect article published in the
Times on August 1st
McQueen-the man who is sup
posed to know the train robbers-more
or less mystery has surrounded Nc
Queen, the man who was captured by
Uuited States Marshal Risley and ex-
Chief of Police of Stockton Murphy,
who is now a resident of Tucson. 1t
was given out by the officers that
Mcqueen was one of the Arizona train
robbers, and that Murphy had been
on his trail for months. This was the
story told by the officers when the
arrest was made, but it now turns out
to be subject to several notifications
The officers have kept the prisoner
away from reporters, as they thought,
but they have been fooled, and their
nice little mystery is out. They have
had all the railroad detectives, several
of Wells-Fargo's brightest men, and
two or three of Uncle Sans secret
service men down here since Mcqueen
was placed in the County Jail, and the
whole story has leaked out.
Murphy learned two months ago, as
the story goes, that Mcqueen has been
in league with band of train robbers,
and he started out to hunt the man
down. How he captured him in den
in National City has already been told
in these columns, but the public has
been ignorant as to the real reason
why Mcqueen was taken into custody.
The officers and detectives who are
working up the case have no idea of
sending the man to State Prison, or OF
even bringing him before the courts.
They knew that he was acting as kind
of outside agent for the thieves who
have their general headquarters
in this city and San Diego. The ofi-
GERS expected Mcqueen to squeal as
soon as he was placed under arrest,
but they were fooled. He told them
that he could give information that
would lead to the detection and con-
viction of the whole band, but he re-
fused to talk further to either Risley or
Murphy. He named well-known
San Francisco detective, whom he
said he had the utmost confidence in,
but that gentleman happens to be out
of the State at the present time. All
of the railroad, Wells-Fargo and
United States detectives on the coast
have dropped down here and given
him a chance to talk, but he fatty
refuses to talk to anyone, and they
will have to wait unit! his favorite re-
turns. In the meantime the officers
are in great fear that he will be re-
leased on a writ of habeas corpus. If
Mcqueen does squeal, it is very cer-
tain that at least four men in Los
Angeles who have always been looked
upon as respectable citizens will be
arrested, not only for robbing trains
in Arizona, but for two attempts in
this State within the past two months.
This article, Mr.. Mcqueen said,
was entirely false, insomuch as it re-
lated to himself, and he advised the
Times reporter to 60 little slow in
making false statements about him.
In another article it was stated that
Ed. Cook was coward. This, Mr..
MCQUEEN said, was entirely false.
"There is not braver or smarter
man in shoeleather," said Mr.. Nc
Queen. who felt quite indignant at
the treatment he was receiving at the
hands of an unreliable paper. He
asked that the public should not ac-
cept these statements, and for the
sake of his mother and folks at home,
not to think him convicted until he
had been proven guilty. This, from
the way matters look now, is very far
from being likely.
Mr.. Mcqueen said that he was in
this city when the train robbery took
place. and this was matter which
will be proven to-day. He registered
at the Pico House on the 10Th OF
April. and was known to be in this
city until after the robbery. He had
attended the Grand Opera House dur
ING the Warde engagement about that
time. and at no time had he concealed
his movements. He had known the
so-called detective Murphy at Ma,
tional City, where that individual
was working in the railroad
wards chain-gang. Murphy had told
him the very day that he got there
that he was working on the case. MIR.
Mcqueen said that he had been in
National City month, and at no time
had his movements been hidden. The
Times had stated that he had been
captured in a eden" This was not
so' He was arrested at the Interna-
tional Hotel, where he had been stop
ping. He also stated that Murphy
had not been in the employ OF the
railroad as detective. When the
time came he would be able to prove